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Foodbanks. Their Role in Your Local Community
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FoodbanksTheir Role in Your Local Community
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Learning Objective• To understand the role of a foodbank within a community and how we
can support it.
Success Criteria
• To understand the role of a foodbank within the local community.
• To consider the factors contributing to the need for foodbanks.
• To evaluate ways in which local foodbanks could be supported.
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Human RightsWhat do you think are the fundamental rights every person should have?
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Hunger in the UKDo we experience real hunger in the UK?
When you think of people going hungry,
where do you see it happening?
The Facts
13m
One
Well
people
in five
overlive
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a million
below
in the
the
emergency
poverty
UK skip line
afood
meal
inpacks
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to feed
UK.
were
given
their
out children.
in the UK in
2015-16. This number is
increasing year-on-year.
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What Is a Foodbank?A foodbank is a facility in the local community which takes donations of
food and distributes them to people in crisis.
Some foodbanks operate as warehouses or distribution centres – delivering
food to smaller charities such as soup kitchens.
Other foodbanks distribute packages of food directly to clients, who are
usually referred by an agency such as social services.
Foodbanks can be run by churches, community groups or dedicated
charities. They are usually mostly staffed by volunteers.
It’s not known how many foodbanks there are
in the UK in total, but the Trussell Trust, a
dedicated foodbank charity, runs over 400
foodbanks throughout the UK. It’s thought
that these account for around half of all
emergency food supplied to people in need.
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Who Needs Them?Who uses foodbanks?
With your partner, discuss what you think a typical foodbank client will be
like. What factors contribute to them needing a foodbank?
The following are some examples of people referred to the foodbank…
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Who Needs Them? The Stokes FamilyPeter Stokes has worked as a builder for 25
years. He is 44 years old and has a wife, Mary,
and three children.
Two months ago, Peter suffered a stroke and
lost the use of his left arm. He’s now unable to
work as a builder and is undergoing intensive
physiotherapy.
His wife, Mary, works full-time as a teacher at
the local school.
Peter is entitled to sick pay from the
government, but his claim has not been
processed yet. In order to be able to pay their
mortgage this month, he and Mary have had to
use their local foodbank to feed their family.
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Who Needs Them? Lena BaniakLena has worked as an NHS nurse for forty years;
for 20 of those she has lived in the same small
council flat. Last year she retired, and she now
volunteers for various local charities.
Last month, Lena was told that there would be a
change to the way her housing benefit is calculated.
This means that she is struggling to pay the bills
this month. She needs to use the foodbank or she
will be unable to pay her electricity bill.
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Who Needs Them? The Omar FamilyAmena and Tarek Omar and their two children
made a long and arduous journey to the UK to
escape the devastating civil war in Syria. They
left behind almost all their possessions in order to
be able to travel.
Amena is a journalist and Tarek is a doctor, but
both are currently not allowed to work in the UK.
They have been temporarily housed in Bed and
Breakfast accommodation. Until their paperwork
is fully processed, they need the help of the
foodbank to feed their family.
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Who Needs Them? Tanya LeesTanya is a single mum to a five-year-old
daughter. Her partner left her three years ago.
Tanya works full time at a local café and is also
doing a college course to improve her
qualifications. Despite working full-time, she is
currently on a very low income and only just
scrapes by every week.
Last week, her daughter Maisie was ill and so
couldn’t go to nursery. That meant that Tanya
couldn’t go to work and so wasn’t paid.
Tanya is £30 short this week – she needs a
foodbank voucher in order to feed herself and
Maisie until pay day on Friday.
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Who Needs Them? Foodbank ClientsFoodbank clients are usually going through some sort of crisis – they need
help and support.
Foodbanks operate in different ways – some
give food to anyone who asks, and some
Crisis
require that clients are referred by outside
a time of serious
agencies such as schools, social services,
difficulty or danger.
churches, doctors surgeries, care centres and
probation teams.
While they are at the foodbank, clients can usually pick up helpful literature
or get advice from volunteers on other agencies who can help them.
Pause for Thought
Think about the client profiles you have just read. Have they
changed your perception of who uses foodbanks? If so, how?
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The Foodbank JourneyEach foodbank is different, but the following is a typical process for a
foodbank giving out crisis packages to clients.
Members of the public buy tinned and packaged items of
food which they leave at foodbank collection points – often
located in local supermarkets.
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The Foodbank JourneyEach foodbank is different, but the following is a typical process for a
foodbank giving out crisis packages to clients.
Volunteers collect the food from the collection points and
take it to the foodbank warehouse to be sorted.
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The Foodbank JourneyEach foodbank is different, but the following is a typical process for a
foodbank giving out crisis packages to clients.
Once at the foodbank warehouse, the food is weighed and
logged. Best Before or Use By dates are carefully
highlighted at the top of each item.
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The Foodbank JourneyEach foodbank is different, but the following is a typical process for a
foodbank giving out crisis packages to clients.
Foodbank Clients visit the
foodbank at one of the
allotted distribution times,
with a voucher given to
them by a referral agency.
Trained volunteers talk to
them and ask them what
items they are in need of,
and a foodbank crisis
package is made up for the
client, who takes it away
using their own bags.
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The Foodbank PackageFoodbanks which give out packages to clients, usually ensure that three
days-worth of food is included.
Key Question: What would you put in a Foodbank crisis package?
Foodbank
Tins
and packets.
packages
Usually,
are
no
fresh or chilled
nutritionally
balanced
food is included
as far
because
as
possible.
the foodbank can’t
store it and some Foodbank
Additional
such
as to
clients will items,
not have
access
sanitary
a fridge. products, toilet rolls
and soap, are available if they
Sometimes,
food is express
or
have
been donated
– but often
quick-cook,
as some clients
they aren’t standard.
will not have access to cooking
facilities other than a kettle.
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Knowledge CheckNow you’ve learned about foodbanks, see if you can sort the facts from the
fiction with the Foodbank Fact or Fiction Cards
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Apply Your Knowledge!Design a poster encouraging people to donate to their local foodbank and
including details of what they can donate.
Write a short scene, depicting what someone might expect when they visit
a foodbank for the first time.
Create a marketing campaign for your local foodbank. How will you get
people involved in donating and volunteering?
Write a letter to your local newspaper, telling people about their
local foodbank.
Write a speech for a school assembly, encouraging people to support their
local foodbank.
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What Can You Do to Help?What can you do to help your local foodbank?
Find out where your local foodbank is.
Hold a fundraising event to raise money for the foodbank.
Volunteer to help out at the foodbank.
Run an event to collect food donations for your foodbank – this could be a
reverse advent calendar at Christmas, a Harvest Festival drive in the
autumn, or a Lent Promise at Easter.
What else can you think of?